Mass Baby Grave

Source: ancient-origins.net

One of the most gruesome recent archeological discoveries was made in Southern Israel. In the ancient seaport of Ashkelon, more than a hundred infant skeletons were found. It was determined that the skeletons date back to the Roman Era. Who the babies were and why they were killed remains a mystery.

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Hobbit Skeletons

Source: livescience.com

The Indonesian island of Flores became the site of a spooky discovery in 2003 when scientists unearthed the bones of the petite ancient hominin Homo Floresiensis, also known as the Hobbit. At first, the researchers believed the bones may have belonged to a human with Microcephalia (condition characterized by small head and short stature), but later discoveries of similarly sized skeletons suggested the Hobbit is not just a tiny human — it is a species.

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Headless Vikings

Source: ancient-origins.net

In June 2009, archeologists made a shocking discovery in the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset, England. While preparing for the Weymouth Relief Road, they discovered a mass grave containing the remains of 54 headless skeletons and 51 skulls in a pile within a Roman quarry no longer in use. Experts think the men may have been executed for some sort of treason.

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Jigsaw Skeletons

Source: bbc.com

Any discovery of a human skeleton is somewhat creepy, but what happened after the discovery of four prehistoric mummies in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides in 2001 is downright horrifying. Radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis revealed that the mummies were actually made of body parts from several different people, arranged to look like one person.

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Moa Bird Foot

Source: theepochtimes.com

In 1987, a team of archaeologists was carrying out a routine expedition in a cave on Mount Owen in New Zealand when they stumbled across a scary object – a gigantic, dinosaur-like foot still intact with flesh and scaly skin. It was so well-preserved that the scientists thought it came from an animal that had only died recently. Further examination revealed it actually was the 3,300-year-old mummified remains of the large prehistoric Moa Bird.